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senator dianne feinstein of course, democrat of california, very powerful within the democratic party. and the senate. she says she is going to introduce legislation when the congress comes back in january. on controlling the sale of assault weapons again. big question, will that ban on the sale of assault weapons be reinstated. it's all a question of how much political muscle is behind each side. and how much mr. la pierre may, may have damaged the nra's case. by virtue of how that friday press conference went over. miguel? >> barbara starr, thank you very much in washington. >>> and now, to the fiscal cliff. and we are just about to go over the edge. congress has left for the holidays. if they don't get a deal done soon, tax increases and budget cuts will hit after the first of the year. earlier, republican congressman, steve la tourette said the president has been too focused on tax cuts for the rich. but he did leave the door open a little. >> i'm okay, you president, you can tax the rich people. but come up with some spending cuts, we're borrowing $1 trillion a year and he has no
senator dianne feinstein of course, democrat of california, very powerful within the democratic party. and the senate. she says she is going to introduce legislation when the congress comes back in january. on controlling the sale of assault weapons again. big question, will that ban on the sale of assault weapons be reinstated. it's all a question of how much political muscle is behind each side. and how much mr. la pierre may, may have damaged the nra's case. by virtue of how that friday...
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. >>> we are just getting information about a small plane crash in san diego county, california, all three people on the craft are believed to be dead. a hiker first reported the crash and now federal investigators are there, the area where it went down is fairly remote. the plane was a homemade one from a kit. >>> it's white knuckle time in washington. we could go flying over the fiscal cliff in three days. and to find a solution, lawmakers have to do the thing they seem to hate most. they have to compromise. we are tracking negotiations. >> don, the stakes are very high, and i think leaders are paying close attention to. that even the weather was different. a beautiful snowfall hit the capitol this morning the. that is what the weather was like as mitch mcconnell came to work in trying to reach a deal. if you cannot forge a deal with democrats, here is what is at stake. let's look first of all at what is involved in talks. at the top of the list, tax rates, if we go over the fiscal cliff, tax rates will go up 9-33% for most all americans. now, that would also mean havoc for payroll
. >>> we are just getting information about a small plane crash in san diego county, california, all three people on the craft are believed to be dead. a hiker first reported the crash and now federal investigators are there, the area where it went down is fairly remote. the plane was a homemade one from a kit. >>> it's white knuckle time in washington. we could go flying over the fiscal cliff in three days. and to find a solution, lawmakers have to do the thing they seem to...
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here is, you're correct, there were ten petitions, five cases, one involving prop 8, the referendum in california and the 1996 congressional prohibition. there are so many questions. question is will the supreme court take the case? i think it would have really been impossible for the justices to make a decision on friday. they're going to continue to deliberate and i think we look forward to seeing something going to the supreme court. we just don't know which one of the cases the court will accept. >> richard, you know what's interesting about this is one of the reasons that it's likely they're going to consider this is you have a state law which is overriding a federal law. clearly that raises the entire thing up to a whole new level, correct? >> exactly. and after the last election, you look very festive today with the red. beautiful. >> thank you. i'm prechristmas. >> three more states approved same-sex marriage. doma means for federal purposes the definition of marriage is man and woman. that's the issue here. wide implications. deb, monday the supreme court is going to tell us which of the
here is, you're correct, there were ten petitions, five cases, one involving prop 8, the referendum in california and the 1996 congressional prohibition. there are so many questions. question is will the supreme court take the case? i think it would have really been impossible for the justices to make a decision on friday. they're going to continue to deliberate and i think we look forward to seeing something going to the supreme court. we just don't know which one of the cases the court will...
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kyung lah, cnn, simi valley, california. >>> today's world aids day. my next guest is an activist who talks about being hiv positive. yet still carving out a great life every single day. some positive words even for those without the disease. that's next. was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center, working together has never worked so well
kyung lah, cnn, simi valley, california. >>> today's world aids day. my next guest is an activist who talks about being hiv positive. yet still carving out a great life every single day. some positive words even for those without the disease. that's next. was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the...
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we have one in california. but you could buy assault weapons in arizona and bring them here. you'll get arrested but they do that as well. we need to toughen our laws with our gun shows. 40% of all the guns that are purchased don't require a background check because they're purchased from private sellers. so there are a number of things we could do. this is just one of them. it's not the only thing. we've got to also address the culture of violence that we have in this country. too many people think it's just okay to walk around and shoot people in the way that you see too often in this country. for those of us who got to watch the nra commercial last week, the notion that more guns in the hands of good people will prevent gun crimes just isn't borne out by the facts. this is an opportunity for people to get rid of guns they just don't need. >> well, let me ask you this question. there is a newspaper in new york state that didded to publish the names of people who had gun permits so people in those neighborhoods could know if the person next door opened a gun. are you in favo
we have one in california. but you could buy assault weapons in arizona and bring them here. you'll get arrested but they do that as well. we need to toughen our laws with our gun shows. 40% of all the guns that are purchased don't require a background check because they're purchased from private sellers. so there are a number of things we could do. this is just one of them. it's not the only thing. we've got to also address the culture of violence that we have in this country. too many people...
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the other is a challenge to california's prop 8, which took away the right of same sex marriage that had been previously approved by state courts. >>> florida governor charlie crist completed his political transformation. crist was elected governor as a republican in 2006, then later ran for the senate as an independent. he campaigned for president obama, and spoke at the democratic national convention. he's now officially a democrat and is widely expected to run for governor again in 2014. >>> south africa's beloved nelson mandela is getting tests in a hospital. the country's president says no cause for alarm there. he says the 94-year-old mandela is getting tests consistent with his age. the nobel laureate became his nation's first black president. >>> the fbi wants to talk to a man in custody in egypt. he's a well known islamic extremist. that's why egypt wanted him taken down. but american terrorist watchers think he might be behind the deadly attacks this year at the u.s. consulate in libya. cnn's susan candiotti has more from new york now. >> investigators have had this man on
the other is a challenge to california's prop 8, which took away the right of same sex marriage that had been previously approved by state courts. >>> florida governor charlie crist completed his political transformation. crist was elected governor as a republican in 2006, then later ran for the senate as an independent. he campaigned for president obama, and spoke at the democratic national convention. he's now officially a democrat and is widely expected to run for governor again in...
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there's a waiting period in california, ten-day waiting peer. look at new york, 90-day waiting period there. when you put measures in place, advocates for gun laws i should say they say that that makes a big difference. >> why is it that these laws do not apply for private sellers of the gun shows? why is it allowed? >> state by state. when you talk about gun shows, that's the big loophole. unlike a licensed deal, gun shows don't have to do background checks and they may miss self-things. people are prohibited by federal law from owning guns if they hit a long list of self-things. if you're a convicted felofelon dishonorably discharged from the armed services. a long list of things there. when you don't have to do the background check you may not know and then you can make the sale. >> do you think there's a will here? is there a political will to push this forward? seems like people are talking about changing this or something in place. >> you know, just digging into the law, and then hearing from people on both sides, you can tell that people
there's a waiting period in california, ten-day waiting peer. look at new york, 90-day waiting period there. when you put measures in place, advocates for gun laws i should say they say that that makes a big difference. >> why is it that these laws do not apply for private sellers of the gun shows? why is it allowed? >> state by state. when you talk about gun shows, that's the big loophole. unlike a licensed deal, gun shows don't have to do background checks and they may miss...
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from sacramento, california. you are a tea partier. you're part of the tea party caucus but you supported house speaker bane area plan b. yes? >>, of course, i did. again, there is no bill before the congress that proposes raising taxes on millionaires or anybody else for that matter. there is a law that goes into effect in ten days that raises taxes on millionaires, small businesses filing as millionaires and everybody else. boehner's bill tried to stop that for everybody else. offa lifeguard sees ten swimmers drowning off of his beach and can only reach nine of them to save them, it doesn't mean that he's drowned the tenth one. all in nonsense somehow boehner was trying to raise taxes is just that, nonsense. >> your point is if you are anti-tax, vote for this bill. >> he was trying to stop a massive tax increase and unfortunately, some of my colleagues didn't see it that way. >> how bad is it up there? americans look at what's happening in washington right now and want both sides to get to work. i know it can b
from sacramento, california. you are a tea partier. you're part of the tea party caucus but you supported house speaker bane area plan b. yes? >>, of course, i did. again, there is no bill before the congress that proposes raising taxes on millionaires or anybody else for that matter. there is a law that goes into effect in ten days that raises taxes on millionaires, small businesses filing as millionaires and everybody else. boehner's bill tried to stop that for everybody else. offa...
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the other is a challenge to california's proposition 8 which took away the right of same-sex marriage that had previously been approved by the courts. we should get a ruling by next summer. the two men who will argue on behalf of proposition 8 are an unlikely duo as cnn's gloria borger tells us. the story plays out like a hollywood script complete with a haollywood director. >> reporter: it's a script that could have been written in hollywood. the opening shot, a lunch in the polo lounge at the bever h erlys hotel. and it starts where you might expect, with a hollywood heavy hter, director and writer rob reiner. >> this is after proposition 8 went the wrong way for us. >> the lunch took place in november 2008, a week after the election. obama won the white house. but gays and lesbians lost the right to marry in california. >> we're trying to figure out what we do next. then we thought about the idea of a possible legal challenge to proposition 8, and serendipitously, a friend of my wife's came by the table. >> the friend suggested they would find an ally in her former brother-in-law w
the other is a challenge to california's proposition 8 which took away the right of same-sex marriage that had previously been approved by the courts. we should get a ruling by next summer. the two men who will argue on behalf of proposition 8 are an unlikely duo as cnn's gloria borger tells us. the story plays out like a hollywood script complete with a haollywood director. >> reporter: it's a script that could have been written in hollywood. the opening shot, a lunch in the polo lounge...
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you won't hear them at a california gun show held the day after the connecticut massacre. >> everybody is in a panic. i've never seen so many people at a gun show. i think they're worried about their second amendment rights. >> reporter: there is sympathy for the victims. >> it is horrible that those children did die. >> reporter: but the solution here, more guns. >> if one of those teachers, one of them, a faculty member, a janitor, had a gun, bam, he would have killed an eighth, nothing compared to what he was capable of doing. you have to allow us to protect ourselves. >> the guns really didn't kill people. it was the person who was crazy. he was mentally unstable. >> reporter: colorado governor john hickenlooper said two days before the connecticut shooting it is time to consider gun control legislation. but acknowledges it will be difficult. >> i took my son, 10-year-old son out shooting clay pigeons to two weeks ago. that part of it, that part of gun culture is so deeply engrained in colorado. in the united states. literally almost everywhere that to try and change it would be, y
you won't hear them at a california gun show held the day after the connecticut massacre. >> everybody is in a panic. i've never seen so many people at a gun show. i think they're worried about their second amendment rights. >> reporter: there is sympathy for the victims. >> it is horrible that those children did die. >> reporter: but the solution here, more guns. >> if one of those teachers, one of them, a faculty member, a janitor, had a gun, bam, he would have...
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you can see what it did to northern california as heavy surf pounded the shoreline. we'll bring in alexadrra steele. even a tornado threat you're talking about. that's rare. what are we watching? >> it is rare, suzanne. i want to show you this map. it's rare to have an isolated tornd or two, but a severe weather outbreak is the xpt for her tomorrow is more rare. here's a look. tomorrow, christmas morning, i'm going to delineate the time so you can see who will see what and when. from houston to new orleans, tomorrow morning your severe weather outbreak threat. winds 60 to 80 miles per hour, and very serious tornados and large, damaging hale. it moving in the afternoon and picks up into western florida. from the afternoon into the evening, atlanta to birmingham. both the severe side tomorrow and a snowy side tomorrow, which is rare as well. in florida and georgia the last time we had christmas day tornadoes was in 2006, and there were six. before that in 1969, and there were 12. it looks as though the chance to see double-digit tornado not out of the question. also, s
you can see what it did to northern california as heavy surf pounded the shoreline. we'll bring in alexadrra steele. even a tornado threat you're talking about. that's rare. what are we watching? >> it is rare, suzanne. i want to show you this map. it's rare to have an isolated tornd or two, but a severe weather outbreak is the xpt for her tomorrow is more rare. here's a look. tomorrow, christmas morning, i'm going to delineate the time so you can see who will see what and when. from...
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. >> reporter: she was born in long beach, california to mexican parents, their story of many mexican immigrants of humble origins. in an interview in 2010, she spoke about how she sold music records on a los angeles flea market, and how the fact collected cans for the meager income they could bring in selling the metal. >> translator: it is flattering when they tell me i'm a great artist, great entertainer. when i'm on stage i can entertain the audience and get in the recording studio and come up with a great production. before all of that, i was a business woman. i'm primarily business minded. >> jenni rivera sold 15 million records and won two billboard music awards. she was a very successful businesswoman. she started several of her own companies, including jenni rivera enterprises that produced and marketed her music and a tv production company. in october people in espanol named her on the list of the 25 most powerful women. she was famous for electrifying performances on stage, but her image was battered by scandal. a mother of five she married three times, but the relationship
. >> reporter: she was born in long beach, california to mexican parents, their story of many mexican immigrants of humble origins. in an interview in 2010, she spoke about how she sold music records on a los angeles flea market, and how the fact collected cans for the meager income they could bring in selling the metal. >> translator: it is flattering when they tell me i'm a great artist, great entertainer. when i'm on stage i can entertain the audience and get in the recording...
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syracuse, new york, this is the same powerful storm that has been moving across the country, started in california over the weekend, dumping heavy snow all along the way and you name it, high winds, tornadoes, rain and icy conditions have snarled traffic, caused flight delays, power outages and widespread damage. the severe storms also blamed for at least six deaths, including two children. in alabama a store clerk described what it was like when a tornado touched down. >> i've never been in a war zone but i'm sure it's what it looks like, all of the stuff lifted off the buildings was laid on our parking lot, totes in the tree, broken glass everywhere. i was thankful i was alive. if it had been 100 yards away it would have ripped through the middle of the store. >> this is surveillance video from the walgreens store in mobile as the twister passed by. look at that debris. you can see how powerful the wind was. and today the northeast gets the brunt of that storm, let's head over to meteorologist bpss about for a look at what's ahead. >> hi, carol. the storm is moving to the northeast, not as large
syracuse, new york, this is the same powerful storm that has been moving across the country, started in california over the weekend, dumping heavy snow all along the way and you name it, high winds, tornadoes, rain and icy conditions have snarled traffic, caused flight delays, power outages and widespread damage. the severe storms also blamed for at least six deaths, including two children. in alabama a store clerk described what it was like when a tornado touched down. >> i've never been...
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already going to be paying over 55% on their ordinary income come next year, at least in my state of california. there is going to be a limit how much you can do. ultimately all taxes end up being paid disproportionately for the middle class. >> are you going to vote for this? >> i haven't seen the bill yet. >> would you vote for tax increases or tax cuts up to 450,000? >> i said aultimately i'll finda way to support something to bring to the american people. i think this bill will have too few cuts and will depend on a small amount of people that candidly don't represent enough money to bring a real fix to our trillion dollar deficit. >> thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. back to you. >> dana bash, there with chairman issa, thanks so much for that. now we'll throw back to deb in atlanta. >> thanks so much, john. we want to go to the -- to the floor there. the senator from tennessee, bob corker, ribbing the president and chastising him for what he just calls his press conference. let's listen for a moment. >> without objection. >> mr. president -- >> senator from maryland. >> mr
already going to be paying over 55% on their ordinary income come next year, at least in my state of california. there is going to be a limit how much you can do. ultimately all taxes end up being paid disproportionately for the middle class. >> are you going to vote for this? >> i haven't seen the bill yet. >> would you vote for tax increases or tax cuts up to 450,000? >> i said aultimately i'll finda way to support something to bring to the american people. i think...
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yes, this family in foten valley, california, takes holiday lights to a new level. some neighbors enjoy the show but one guy is not amused and says the glits is more appropriate for the las vegas strip. also, here we are, the queen of england is amused as she wears snazzy 3-d glasses to watch a sneak preview of her christmas address. now, for a water-skiing santa and flying elves. just one way to celebrate the season on the maryland side of the potomac river. it looks soggy there. and jolly old st. nick showed up on wall street today. santa was on hand for the early closing of the trading day. he's all about listing companies and capitalism and whatnot. stocks were down, by the way it wonder if bears or bulls will get a lump of coal. i guess bears maybe. it's an annual tradition, tracking santa's whereabouts on christmas eve. the ritual has gotten more high tech. alexandria steele is following the trek from atlanta. he was in ukraine the last hour. >> you can see, this is norad tracking santa. he was last spotted in amman, jordan, heading for jerusalem, in 2 minutes
yes, this family in foten valley, california, takes holiday lights to a new level. some neighbors enjoy the show but one guy is not amused and says the glits is more appropriate for the las vegas strip. also, here we are, the queen of england is amused as she wears snazzy 3-d glasses to watch a sneak preview of her christmas address. now, for a water-skiing santa and flying elves. just one way to celebrate the season on the maryland side of the potomac river. it looks soggy there. and jolly old...
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we have one in california. you can buy guns, assault weapons in arizona and bring them here. you'll get arrested, but they do that as well. we need to toughen our laws with our gun shows. 40% of all the guns that are purchased don't require a background check because they're purchased from private sellers. there are a number of things we can do this is just one of them, not the only thing, we got to also address the culture of violence we have in this country. too many people think it is just okay to shoot people and the way you see too often in this country. for those of us who got to watch the nra commercial last week, the notion that more guns in the hands of good people will prevent gun crimes just isn't born out by the facts. this is an opportunity for people to get rid of guns they just don't need. >> l.a. mayor antonio villaraigosa. a live update from l.a. in a few minutes. let's stay on the subject of guns and what to do about them. congressman jim moran says there is a disconnect between the national rifle association's leadership and the nra members. the democrat fr
we have one in california. you can buy guns, assault weapons in arizona and bring them here. you'll get arrested, but they do that as well. we need to toughen our laws with our gun shows. 40% of all the guns that are purchased don't require a background check because they're purchased from private sellers. there are a number of things we can do this is just one of them, not the only thing, we got to also address the culture of violence we have in this country. too many people think it is just...